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ifup(8)                                System Administration tools and Daemons                                ifup(8)



NAME
       ifup - bring a network interface up

       ifdown - take a network interface down

SYNOPSIS
       ifup CONFIG [boot]

       ifdown CONFIG


DESCRIPTION
       The  ifup  and  ifdown  commands may be used to configure (or, respec- tively, deconfigure) network interfaces
       based  on  interface   definitions   in   the   files   /etc/sysconfig/network   and   /etc/sysconfig/network-
       scripts/ifcfg-<configuration>

       These  scripts  take  one argument normally: the name of the configuration (e.g. eth0). They are called with a
       second argument of "boot" during the boot sequence so that devices that are not meant to be brought up on boot
       (ONBOOT=no, see below) can be ignored at that time.


FILES
       /etc/sysconfig/network


       /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-<configuration>
              The file defining an interface.


SEE ALSO
       /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt



                                                      2009-10-27                                              ifup(8)